Aurel Pantea
Romanian writer
Intro | Romanian writer | |
Places | Romania | |
is | Critic Literary critic | |
Work field | Literature | |
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Birth | 10 March 1952, Chețani, Mureș County, Romania | |
Age | 72 years | |
Star sign | Pisces |
Aurel Pantea (Romanian pronunciation: [a.uˈrel ˈpante̯a]; born 10 March 1952) is a Romanian poet and literary critic.
Born in Chețani, Mureș County into a family of peasants, Pantea attended the Faculty of Letters of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, graduating in 1976. During the university years he collaborated with the magazine Equinox. After graduation, he taught at Borșa and Alba Iulia. Since 1989 he is the director of the magazine Vatra, and since 1990 he is the director of the magazine Discobolul. He is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.